Candy Is a Two-Year-Old with a Moderate Intellectual Disability

question 15

Multiple Choice

Candy is a two-year-old with a moderate intellectual disability. She has a single crease across the palm of her hand, slanted eyes, and a harsh voice. What diagnosis would Candy most likely be given?

• A) Down syndrome
• B) autism spectrum disorder
• C) fragile X syndrome
• D) learning disability

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Definitions:

Regression Coefficient

A value that represents the amount by which a dependent variable changes when a related independent variable changes by one unit.

Regression

A statistical method used to determine the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Variance

Average squared deviation from the mean.

Degrees Freedom

Degrees of freedom refer to the number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or to the number of variables minus the number of constraints in a system.